N5082V - 1977 Varga Aircraft Corp. 2150A Aircraft Registration

N5082V is a 1977 Varga Aircraft Corp. 2150A, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Morton John W in El Segundo, CA. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on March 11, 1977. The registration certificate was issued on April 29, 1986. The registration is set to expire on January 31, 2030. Powered by a Lycoming 0-320 SERIES engine producing 180 horsepower, N5082V is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A65A5A (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N5082V was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 33.9228, -118.3350 on July 1, 2025. The FAA registry record for N5082V was last updated on September 29, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Varga 2150A Kachina was a two-seat tandem sport and training aircraft that bridged post-World War II aviation dreams with practical civilian flying. First flown in its original Morrisey 2150 configuration in 1958, it featured a low-wing cantilever monoplane design with tandem seating for two and a 150-horsepower Lycoming O-320 engine. With a 30-foot wingspan and cruise speed of 130 miles per hour, the aircraft was manufactured across three companies, with Varga Aircraft Corporation producing over 100 examples from 1974 to 1982 in Chandler, Arizona. AviatorDB tracks 85 Varga Aircraft Corp. aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is MOR2.

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